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"Please Capricorn, there has to be something! A clue? Hint? Anything!" The spirit simply shook his head. Capricorn was currently standing cross-armed in Lucy's living room. Lucy had been passing back in forth but had collapsed onto her couch with this last exclamation. She hated trying to get information out of the spirit world. She had long sense given up trying to find anything from books. But doing it this way was always a guessing game based off of half hints and cryptic answers, that is when the answer was not a flat out NO. But then again even the No's tended to be more helpful than anything else.
"I know you guys want to help me find her key and I know she wants me to find her key. The world is just so damn big!" She sighed and covered her face with her hands. Lucy had spent the past few days trying to remember everything her mom had told her about finding keys. But had come up with a blank. "Mother use to tell me about how a long time ago people would go on quests to collect keys they had to be able to find them somehow. They can't have just stumble upon all of them" Capricorn did not respond. Lucy sat up straight. That was not a no. Could it really be that simple?
"It there a way to locate keys?" Capricorn shifted but stayed silent. Thankfully Lucy had done this enough to know that meant she needed to be more specific. "Capricorn, is there a way to specific keys from earth land?" Capricorn shifted again but shook his head. She was close."Can they be located from the spirit world?"
Another no but the way he was answering now made her think she was on to something. "Am I just being too specific? Is there a way to locate keys in general from Earth Land?" Capricorn smirked. It was an odd expression to see one his goat face, but it just encouraged her to continue rewarding her question. Danm spirits and their damn rules... wait spirits?
"Is there a way to locate spirits?" Now he broke into a grin but he was still silent. "Capricorn, is there a way Celestial Mages can locate spirits?" For some reason, there were particular pieces of information that Spirits were not allowed to give, unless specifically designated for a Celestial Mage.
"Yes miss Lucy. There is a way for Celestial Spirit Mages to locate keys, two ways in fact," Lucy was about to jump and scream for joy but the dam spirit had to keep talking "but it is a art long lost to your world." Okay Lucy think. It is a lost art but Capricorn wouldn't be grinning like Natsu if I could not learn it. Lost to my world. Does that mean the spirits still know it... probably... why couldn't he just say that.
"Could you teach them to me?" If it was possible Capricorn's grin grew even wider.
"Of course miss Lucy. But I am afraid both methods are quite difficult and rather dangerous. However, I have full confidence that in time you will be able to master them both." Lucy was desperately trying to resist squealing for joy. Especially since Happy had said that all of her noises reminded him of a pig. She took a second to compose herself. She would not be sounding like a pig today.
"Will I need them both to find Aquarius?" The spirit nodded. "What are they? Can you tell me about them?" Capricorn thought before replying.
"The first one you will learn is an ability much like your stardust. Celestial mages do not have many but this is one of them. As a celestial mage you should be able to redirect your magic to open your inner eyes. This will allow you to see people's spirits and consequently spirits connected to keys. It is call celestial sight and is a short range form of recognition. It can also be useful in other situations but there are some... problems with the ability which is why it was lost to the sands of time. But I trust that you will be able to find a way to work through them." It was Lucy's turn to nod.
"I am not sure how that will help but I trust your judgment. I am guessing the second ability is long range?"
"Yes miss Lucy. The second one is a spell much like Urano Metria. They are the two most extraneous spells that Celestial Mages can wield." Lucy pailed. She was just starting to get Urano Metria down could she really learn another spell like it.
"It takes just as much energy as Urano Metria because it as a blanket spell, you can't hone in on a single spirit. Because it has no real combat use it was also lost as the ages passed." Capricorn finally seemed to notice how nervous Lucy was getting. He smiled gently down at the girl.
"The spell is called Évrima astéria and you are more than capable of mastering it" Lucy let out a sigh of relief. She trusted his judgment of her abilities, he was her spirits and coach after all.
"Thank you so much Capricorn! Are you going to train me or should I ask someone else to?" The spirit chuckled.
"I will train you Miss Lucy. We will start tomorrow. For now get some rest you will need it." He smiled down at his master one last time before disappearing into a shower of golden light.
Lucy finally gave into her excitement and spent the next few minutes jumping up and down and squealing for joy. She was going to find Aquarius! She was going to learn new skills! She is allowed to be excited! After Lucy finally came to her senses She ran over to her book shelf and pulled out a blue and yellow journal.
During the year fairy tail had been disbanded she had discovered how painful getting information out of the spirit world could be. Her spirits were always willing to help but what they could say was always limited. As a result Lucy had begun writing everything she new about her magic. From descriptions of the spirits she had encountered to the stories her mother had told her as a child; every tid-bit of information she managed to gather from her spirits and questions she plans on asking in the future.
This had turned out to be a very beneficial practice. If it had not been for one her mother's old stories and an offhanded comment that Taurus, yes surprisingly the pervy bull, had made she would have never been able to fully master stardust, or have been aware it even existed. She had even had a first hand taste at Tartaros with Aquarius, but she had been very clueless then; and it had been much harder to figure out how to do it on a regular basis than she had first anticipated.
She hadn't missed the extra information Capricorn had managed to slip into his lecture whenever possible. Like the possibility of more 'abilities' as well as blatantly stating that there were more spells to be learned, and that they were less draining that Urano Metria.
Lucy quickly scribbled down everything she had learned and slid the book back into place. Once she had more of her questions answered she was going to ask Levy's opinion on it. Luckily there were not crazy rules about what she could tell other people. Apparently once the information made it out of the spirit world anything goes.
She quickly got ready for bed and snuggled under her covers. She was looking forward to
Telling a certain dragon slayer about her discovery. Though to be honest they hadn't talked recently. Natsu was going through some stuff (She didn't know what else call it) and needed some space. Not that he really knew about Aquarius in the first place. Lucy found, to be honest her and Natsu never really talked, even if he had the uncanny ability to always say the right thing. Any way he would think having a new spell/ability would be cool.
With a sigh she rolled over. Levy was better at listening, maybe Lucy would see her. However, her bed was very comfy and by the time Natsu came through her window she was sound asleep.
***A note on the spelling***
I know my spelling is terrible. I am very much dyslexic and, try as I might, can not catch all of my spelling errors. That being said I am looking for beta readers if anyone is interested. Also Let me know of specific mistakes so I can fix them. Thanks!
TheBayMan ~ Why thank you. That question is what originally inspired this story.
.0728 ~ Thank you and I have very evil plans in store for this story. I hope you like them.
KaixinPhoenix ~ I don't have any paring currently in mind for this story. Personally I am a LaLu fan but that is mainly because of how I interpret Laxus's personality.
Unfortunately I am not confident I can write any pairings at this point, I'm still new to the writing community, so I am going to weight and see how things play out. (sometimes the characters do things I don't anticipate)
But if you have any ideas or suggestions I would love to hear them. I like hearing other peoples perspectives on my stories, it helps put everything in focus.
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Enjoy the rest of your summer my fairies!